A free public event for the general public of special interest to practitioners, educators, medical and nursing students and professionals, occupational and physical therapists, dieticians, public health professionals and exercise program trainers and counselors
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
4:00 -5:30 p.m.
Preceded by a reception 3:30-4 p.m. and followed by Q&A 5:30-6 p.m.
Free. No registration.
KU Edwards Campus Regnier Auditorium
164 Regnier Hall at 12600 Quivira Road, Overland Park, Kansas
Contact: For more information: Karen Henry, Assistant Director for Communications, the Life Span Institute, kahenry@ku.edu or 785 864-0756.
PanelJoseph E. Donnelly, Ed.D., Professor and Director, University of Kansas Center for Physical Activity and Weight Management, University of Kansas and Director, Center for Physical Activity, Nutrition and Weight Management at Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics in Kansas City. Cary Savage, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Director of Functional MRI, Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center. More. Debra Sullivan, Ph.D., R.D, L.D., Associate Professor and Chair, Dietetics and Nutrition, University of Kansas Medical Center. More. Christie Befort, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine & Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center. More.
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Considering Obesity: KU Research on Brain, Body, Behavior Connections will be presented on Wednesday, Feb. 11, and will feature nationally recognized experts on the brain, behavior, nutrition and weight management led by Professor Joseph D. Donnelly.
He is also directs the new joint KU-Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics The Center for Physical Activity, Nutrition and Weight Management. Donnelly is a nationally recognized researcher in weight loss and maintenance who has received more than $10 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants for his research since 2000. Several current projects involve more than 15,000 area children in strategies to combat obesity involving physical activity and environment, diet, pharmaceuticals and public policy. Donnelly believes that while obesity may take more lives than any other chronic disease in the 21st Century, it is preventable and treatable through alterations in diet and physical activity. The Center is home to the Weight Control Research Project that provides clinical treatment using research protocols aimed at long-term weight management. The Center also houses the Energy Balance Laboratory that features a whole-room indirect calorimeter that measures energy expenditure precisely under a variety of experimental conditions. Research being done at KU is beginning to point to the environment as a contributing factor in obesity. With an incredible availability of cheap, energy-dense, good-tasting food coupled with a lack of physical activity, it is easy to see how this epidemic has evolved. KU’s research in obesity has been building on a significant foundation. For nearly 20 years, Dr. Donnelly has helped hundreds of individuals to lose weight as he has researched obesity and weight management. Currently, he directs several clinics in the Kansas City metro area and Lawrence. The Life Span Institute is home to a number of different programs designed to improve people’s health and quality of life. It’s obesity control program is an example of addressing essential healthcare needs. |
Professor Joseph E. Donnelly directs the Center for Physical Activity and Weight Management, KU’s successful program helping those overweight combat obesity, America’s second leading cause of preventable death.